We can see just how useful a New Historicist approach is to the study of Romantic poetry in this collection of essays, which has contributions from four important New Historicist scholars considering cultural and historical details that enrich our understanding of Romantic-era texts we know and love (or don’t know, but would love if we did).
According to Marjorie Levinson in the introduction to this book, how does “new” historicism differ from “old” historicism?
According to the authors in this book, how does taking into account the historical context of Romantic poetry deepen our understanding of this poetry?